People v. Drees

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Sara-toga County, rendered January 13, 1975, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of murder in the second degree (Penal Law, § 125.25) and burglary in the first degree (Penal Law, § 140.30). Sometime during the evening of July 1, 1974, Amy S. Huppuch, an 88-year-old woman, was viciously murdered in the bedroom of her home in Saratoga Springs, New York. At 10:09 p.m. that night the defendant telephoned the police department and stated to Lt. Hudson, "I just murdered Mrs. Huppuch.” When Lt. Hudson arrived at the scene, a man who…